Benjamin Britten wrote
his 'String Quartet in F'
in April 1928, shortly
after he began lessons
with Frank Bridge. He was
fourteen at the time and
it is thought that this
piece was set as a
homework exercise by this
new teacher. Th…

Britten's last completed
work, written for young
people's Chorus and
Orchestra, is in five
short sections: March,
Roundel and Canon for
Orchestra and Choir, and
Jig and Modulation for
Orchestra alone. This
Vocal Score edition
feat…

These Christmas carols
have become contemporary
classics. 'The serene
Sweet was the Song'
contrasts with a moving
lament on the hardships
of Christmas, 'A Wealdon
Trio', and a memorable
setting of Hardy's fine
poem 'The Oxen'.

This work was originally
written in 1964 for two
12 year old twin brothers
whom Britten met whilst
working in Budapest. Each
twin played the piano,
and one the flute and the
other the violin. A
second version has been
prepared for…

Five settings of poems by
Walter De La Mere
arranged for Medium Voice
and Piano Accompaniment.
These settings were
written by Benjamin
Britten in his childhood,
and were collected
together in honour of
Walter De La Mere's son,
as …

The Three Character
Pieces were written in
1930, by Bejamin Britten.
Stylisically, the pieces
reveal a definate
influence from Frank
Bridge, Britten's
teacher, and are closer
to the styles of Ravel
and Scriabin than to the
mainstr…

Temporal Variations for
Oboe And Piano was first
performed on 15th
December 1936 at the
Wigmore hall in London,
under the different name
of Temporal Suite.
Although Britten was
pleased with the work, no
further performance took
pl…

Britten's ballet for
small Orchestra was first
performed by the students
of the Royal College Of
Music Sinfonietta at the
Royal College in January
2004. The piece
itself was written in
1931 during the summer
holidays after the…

Words from the Gradual of
the Feast of St. Peter
and St. Paul
Instrumentation :
soprano, mixed choir
(SATB) and organ Version
: choral score
Description : Words are
taken from the Gradual of
the Feast of St. Peter
and St. Paul.N…

This work was composed
for the twentieth
anniversary of the United
Nations and requires a
large adult chorus of men
and women, and a smaller
children's choir placed
separately with its own
conductor and optional
organ accompanimen…

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